Five kinds of hooks that work
Story: drop people into a moment. “Last Tuesday a customer called to cancel.” Number: lead with a result. “We cut cancellations by 22%.” Contrarian: take a side. “Making it hard to cancel doesn’t keep customers.” Question: ask the thing your post answers. Plain truth: say the point in the simplest words.
None of them is always best. The right one depends on your post, which is why the generator writes all five.
What to avoid
Clickbait. “You won’t believe what happened.” “This changed everything.” “Stop scrolling.” People have seen these a thousand times, and they read as a trick.
Tip: A hook is a promise. If your opening says “the one question that saved our customers”, the post had better show that question. Every opening here only uses what your post says, so the promise is always one you keep.
Test it, then post it
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